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MP: 0534.00 |
Updated December 13, 2022
Total Accidents: 11
Crossing
DOT #: 353797F
TOTAL
WEEKLY TRAINS: 2 (ESTIMATED)
Page created by: freebrickproductions
This crossing is located on the ATN Alabama Mineral Loop.
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Overviews of the crossing. |
The first signal. |
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It has a WCH base. |
A WCH 3597 (EGM) gate mechanism. |
The DOT tag. |
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The lights on this signal are WCH 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs. |
The bell is a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell. |
The gate lights are RECO gate lights. |
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The old crossbuck, which is laying on the ground next to the signal. |
The DOT tag. |
The second signal. |
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It has another WCH base. |
This signal has a WCH 3597 (EGM) gate mechanism that has fallen open! I reported this to the railroad. |
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The DOT tag. |
The lights on this signal are more WCH 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs. |
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This signal has a General Signals Type 3 e-bell. |
More RECO gate lights here. |
The other crossbuck that protected the crossing. |
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The DOT tag. |
The relay case. |
Track views. Picture 31 looks south towards College Street. Picture 32 looks north towards Burns Park Road in Gadsden. |
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A return trip on 2-26-18 catches the crossing in action! |
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A northbound train comes through the crossing with an SD40T-2 leading! |
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The train passes... |
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...and the gates rise. Unlike most other gated crossings on the ATN, these signals have the bells ring when the gates rise, but not when they're down. |
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Another return trip on 10-8-19 shows that the General Signals Type 2 has been replaced with an NEG e-bell! |
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A third return trip to the crossing on 9-23-21 catches it in action again! |
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ATN M715 comes through with an SD40R leading an ex-CN GP40-2LW! |
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The train passes... |
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...and the gates rise. |
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According to some police officers I talked with (someone had called me in to them while I was at College Street recording the train there), the signals were installed sometime within the two weeks before I took the first pictures.
Pictures 1-32 were taken on 10-25-15.
Pictures 33-76 and the first video were taken on 2-26-18.
Pictures 77-80 were taken on 10-8-19.
Pictures 81-111 and the second video were taken on 9-23-21.